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Re: A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science

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JoeAltmaier wrote: post #59
tluyben2 wrote: post #25

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My old-aunt (not sure if that is something in English but she was an aunt of my father) and her husband ate only expired food until they died (both over 95, aunt over 100); I was, as a kid, always disgusted as everything you got there was rotten (fruit etc) and/or had mold (bread) ; they just cut it off or even just ate it. Because they had a house close to my uni, I lived with them for a while as a student and it wa…

Hey me too! Used to have ice on the inside of my windows every morning in the winter, in my corner bedroom in our Iowa farmhouse. Before remodelling to a ranch-style, it was 2-story with no heat whatsoever in the upstairs where the kids' bedrooms were. We slept 3 to a bed with huge comforters. Even after the remodel, still ice on the windows. No heat got to my corner of the house. And cold water - got a water heater…

Ice still forms on the inside of my well-insulated, double-paned windows most nights during the (Minnesota) winter with the thermostat set for 66 or 67 degrees Fahrenheit. I've always thought it was the condensation freezing from humid air hitting the freezing-cold window.

I'm sure that extremely cold inside temperatures would exacerbate the problem, though.

Re: A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science

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Post by asah »

sharkweek wrote: post #5

Was at a friend’s house in like middle school or something. Went to get a big glass of milk from the fridge after playing outside. Pour into glass, don’t pay close attention, take a big swig and my mouth fills with curdling milk that my friends mom was going to use for baking or whatever you’d use curdled milk for. Still vividly remember the texture and the taste... so disgusting.

relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GurNiNV5XvY

Re: A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science

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asd wrote: post #74
asdff wrote: post #23

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Harvested some legal cannabis recently and on the advice of some forum users decided to try washing my buds. I'm damn glad I did. It was a three bucket rinse, the first with lime juice in hot water, then hot water, then cold water. I thought it was some hippy bullshit, but I had little to loose. The first bucket was just pitch black by the end of the washing. I dumped out the water straight into the toilet and soot d…

Are you on the West coast of North America? I wonder if the black was from wild fire smoke/ash.

Yep and it probably was. There were a few days before harvest where the air tasted like campfire, and the nearest fire was 50 miles away.

Re: A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science

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Post by asdff »

grawprog wrote: post #68
asdff wrote: post #23

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Harvested some legal cannabis recently and on the advice of some forum users decided to try washing my buds. I'm damn glad I did. It was a three bucket rinse, the first with lime juice in hot water, then hot water, then cold water. I thought it was some hippy bullshit, but I had little to loose. The first bucket was just pitch black by the end of the washing. I dumped out the water straight into the toilet and soot d…

Just did a hydrox dip after harvest about a week ago. Water didn't go black but it fizzed up pretty bad and had a lot of crap in it by the end. Couldn't even see the bottom of the wash bucket by the end. Dunno what you did that yours turned black, are you sure you didn't get a bunch of soil in the water? There shouldn't be tar or ash on live weed plants. It does make me question smoking any undipped pot though.

It was probably from the wildfires this season, although I do live 2000 feet from a freeway.

Re: A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science

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Post by tnash »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #6

My Dad used to recommend removing mold from food. Said they used to do it when he was growing up. My sister the Nurse suggested "Dad, in the old days, people used to die for no reason." So I don't eat moldy stuff any more.

Generally the rule is that if it's hard, you can cut it off, because the mold will have only spread on the surface (think moldy cheddar cheese rind), but if it's soft, throw it out (think blue cheese).

Re: A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science

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Post by grawprog »

asdff wrote: post #86
grawprog wrote: post #68

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Just did a hydrox dip after harvest about a week ago. Water didn't go black but it fizzed up pretty bad and had a lot of crap in it by the end. Couldn't even see the bottom of the wash bucket by the end. Dunno what you did that yours turned black, are you sure you didn't get a bunch of soil in the water? There shouldn't be tar or ash on live weed plants. It does make me question smoking any undipped pot though.

It was probably from the wildfires this season, although I do live 2000 feet from a freeway.

Were you growing indoors or outdoors? We got pretty smokey here from the wildfires, like a few weeks of constant haze, itching eyes and tasting and smelling smoke. I had not filters on the intakes or anything. The freeway may not help either.
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